1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
India, Manipur
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Khurumjari
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Yamna nungaijare
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Athengba Ahing
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
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3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Nongale haugatl
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Chanbiduna
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Saobiganu
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Chatcharage
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Eina nangbu nungsi
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
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4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00273,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,250,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
77.00 million1.50 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million1.50 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Meithei
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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